Underrepresentation Of Asian-American Law Enforcement Case Study

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short or detailed in words, police investigators will need some type of record to thoroughly follow up and investigate the crime. Having more Asian-American presence on the police force will not only help solve the aforementioned violent crimes, but it could also break down a preexisting mentality that American police officers are corrupt, unhelpful, and untrustworthy (Hanser & Gomila, 2015). Alongside with other ethnic groups, Asians also experience racial profiling, police brutality and harassment (Shusta et al., 2011). The aforementioned police actions has detract many Asian-Americans towards a career in law enforcement; furthermore, it also brings back preexisting distrust and animosity that many Asian immigrants held about law enforcement …show more content…

law enforcement agencies. The underrepresentation of Asian-American officers will affect how the Asian community view law enforcement in terms of building credibility and improving community relations (Dempsey & Frost, 2015). As previously stated, the cause of such underrepresentation is due to the fact that law enforcement agencies do not understand the cultural and historical distrust, which Asian immigrants have with law enforcement back in their native countries and here in the United States (Zhao et al., 2013). Underrepresentation of Asian police officers will create conflicts between police and Asian communities (White et al., 2010). The lack of diversity in police departments will also show Asian communities that a police organization does not reflect its community racial …show more content…

The fundamentals of community policing could be utilized to outline the importance of trust, confidence, and as a recruitment approach to attract Asian-Americans towards a career in law enforcement. Tangel (2015) recommended law enforcement agencies to “utilize the community as a recruitment agent to fashion a police force which more closely mirrors the community, racially and ethnically” (p. 1). Recruiting and hiring qualified Asian-American candidates has been a challenge for law enforcement for several decades. For the most part, concerns regarding racial biases and mistrust have dominated the hiring landscape (Hanser & Gomila, 2015). Law enforcement agencies along with the help of prior researchers have made tremendous recruiting efforts by developing traditional recruitment techniques to attract the most qualified candidates. However, in the event of globalization and an increase of Asian immigrants in the United States, law enforcement agencies must search beyond traditional methods to attract potential Asian-American police candidates (Crump, 2011). It is not to say that traditional methods of recruiting are ineffective in today’s 21st century recruitment, but rather, law enforcement agencies must utilize both traditional and non-traditional methods to recruit and hire the most qualified

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